![]() ![]() It was described by several people that the dodo made its nest deep in the forest in a grassy bed. Not much is known about the mating and incubation periods of the dodo. It is now believed that the rocks eased the dodo’s digestion. Some people who visited Mauritius marveled at the fact that they saw the dodos eating iron and stones with no trouble at all. It was thought that the diet of the dodo bird consisted mainly of fruit. One witness who saw the dodo described it as being grotesque. Those who saw this bird marveled at its unique size and shape. It was a pale yellow or light green in color. One of the most distinguishing characteristics of the dodo bird was its long, hooked and crooked beak. The head of the dodo was a lighter color grey than the rest of the body and it had small, yellow eyes. The dodo had four toes, three in the front and one that acted like a thumb in the back. The dodo bird had short, stubby legs that were yellow in color. They were similar to penguins wings seeing that penguins do not really fly either. However, after the skeleton was studied, it was found that this bird did in fact have wings. Those who actually saw this bird thought that it had no real wings but “little winglets”. The dodo had very small wings that were much too small and too weak to even lift this bird off the ground. It had a plume of white feathers at its tail. It was a large, fairly plump bird that was covered in soft, grey feathers. Thus it made the eggs easy to be trampled upon and to be preyed upon by other animals that were introduced by the Portugueesįrom various records, pictures and the few fossils of the bird that remain, ornithologists and scientists have put together a rather detailed description of the dodo bird. It built its nest on the ground due to the it's inability to fly. It was a flightless bird and was related to the pigeon and the dove. The Dodo bird once lived on the island of Mauritius which is off the coast of Africa. ![]()
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